Fatal North

Fatal North

It began as President Ulysses S. Grant's bid for international glory after the Civil Warâ€”America's first attempt to reach the North Pole. It ended with Captain Charles Hall's death under suspicious circumstances, dissension among sailors, scientists, and explorers, the ship's abandonment and eventual sinking. Then came a brutal struggle for survival by thirty-three men, women and children, stranded on the polar iceâ€”and two dramatic rescues by whaling ships. When news of the disastrous expedition and accusations of murder reached Washington D.C., it led to a nationwide scandal, an official investigation, and a government cover-up. The mystery of the captain's death remained unsolved for nearly 100 years. But when Charles Hall's frozen grave in northern Greenland was opened, and hair and fingernail samples were retrieved, forensic scientists were finally able to reach a shocking conclusion. Now, telling the complete story for the first time, #1 New York Times bestselling author Bruce Hendersonâ€”whose works have been praised as "compelling" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) and "compulsively readable" (San Francisco Examiner)â€”has researched original transcripts of the U.S. Navy inquests, personal papers of Captain Hall, autopsy and forensic reports relating to the century-old crime, the ship's original log, personal journals kept by crewmen, and hero-survivor George Tyson's diary and family papers to bring to life one of the most mysterious tragedies of American arctic exploration.
Country USA
Manufacturer BruceHendersonBooks
Binding Paperback
EANs 9780989467544
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	BruceHendersonBooks
Binding	Paperback
EANs	9780989467544
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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